Surgical observations on tumours, and on lumbar abscesses / By John Abernethy.

  • John Abernethy
Date:
1816
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Credit: Surgical observations on tumours, and on lumbar abscesses / By John Abernethy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hang into cavities from the membrane- ous surfaces which form their boundaries. The cause of tumours having a pendu- lous attachment attracted the attention of Mr. Hunter, who made the following re- marks on the formation of one on the inner surface of the peritoneum, as is related by Mr. Home in the Transactions of a Society for the improvement of Medical and Chi- rurgical Knowledge, Vol.i. p.251. “The cavity of the abdomen being opened there appeared lying upon the peritoneum, a small portion of red blood recently coagulated ; this, upon examination, was found connected to the surface upon which it had been depo- ited byan attachment half an inch long,and this neck had been formed before the coagu _ Jum had lost its red colour.” Now had vessels shot throughthis slender neck, and organized the clot of blood, as this would then have ~* beconie a living part, it might have grown to an indefinite magnitude, and its nature and progress would probably have depended on the organization which it had assumed. I have in my possession, a tumour, doubtless formed in the manner Mr. Hunter has de- scribed,
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